US military fights negative perception of "pain ray"

[JDPriestly]

15. What would a drone do to a crowd throwing stones or Molotov cocktails?

If you are thinking of anarchists, taking pictures won't be of much use because they wear facial coverings.

It would be difficult to target just the person throwing stones or Molotov cocktails in a crowd. The risk of hitting an innocent person who is just exercising his First Amendment rights would be too great -- and would freeze speech as I said.

Further, the fear that drones were there -- just the fear of it -- would chill First Amendment rights.

There are better ways to deal with people throwing stones or Molotov cocktails -- such as effective policing. You want to arrest those people, not kill them on the spot. In order to arrest someone, you have to have a police officer on site with handcuffs. The drones won't help in that effort.